How To Change A Minecraft Servers View Distance

View Distance works the same as your client would. However, on a Multiplayer Server, you can limit how far the player can see. If you have a higher View Distance for an example, the server will need to process that harder than if the View Distance was set to a lower number.

CodyPublished 05 Feb 2026Updated 05 Feb 2026

Changing The View Distance

By default, your servers view distance will be set to 10. To change this value, follow the instructions below:

Login to the Kinetic Panel
Open your settings page.
Click on the "Server Properties" tab.
In the search bar, type "view-distance". You can then change the view distance value to anything you wish.
Once you've made your changes, click the "Save" icon.
Start your server.